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5. The Dream Princess
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Serge Gregory
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Notes on Transliteration, Dates, and Currency xi
- Introduction 1
- Prologue: Korsh’s Private Theater 4
- 1. “Ma Petite Sappho” 20
- 2. “I Spent Two Weeks in Some Sort of a Daze” 37
- 3. “In Paris Things Don’t Happen So Quickly” 54
- 4. “Don’t Forget the One Who Loves Only You” 63
- 5. The Dream Princess 77
- 6. Princess Baryatinskaya 95
- 7. Reconciliation 113
- 8. Sons of Israel 131
- 9. The New Theater 151
- 10. Marriage 177
- 11. 1905 Revolution 188
- 12. The Wandering Star 202
- 13. English Debut 215
- 14. “I Don’t Need a ‘Happy Life,’ I Need the Stage” 230
- 15. “A Princess in Real Life, but in the Theater a Queen” 238
- 16. Anna Karenina 249
- 17. Divorce and Revolution 258
- 18. “Out of the Bolsheviks’ Clutches” 271
- Notes 281
- Bibliography 303
- Index 309
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Notes on Transliteration, Dates, and Currency xi
- Introduction 1
- Prologue: Korsh’s Private Theater 4
- 1. “Ma Petite Sappho” 20
- 2. “I Spent Two Weeks in Some Sort of a Daze” 37
- 3. “In Paris Things Don’t Happen So Quickly” 54
- 4. “Don’t Forget the One Who Loves Only You” 63
- 5. The Dream Princess 77
- 6. Princess Baryatinskaya 95
- 7. Reconciliation 113
- 8. Sons of Israel 131
- 9. The New Theater 151
- 10. Marriage 177
- 11. 1905 Revolution 188
- 12. The Wandering Star 202
- 13. English Debut 215
- 14. “I Don’t Need a ‘Happy Life,’ I Need the Stage” 230
- 15. “A Princess in Real Life, but in the Theater a Queen” 238
- 16. Anna Karenina 249
- 17. Divorce and Revolution 258
- 18. “Out of the Bolsheviks’ Clutches” 271
- Notes 281
- Bibliography 303
- Index 309